21年零1天: 麦克 · 菲普斯

The vote was unanimous. In a remote hearing held late in February, the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole recommended clemency for New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps.

投票结果是全票通过的。在二月下旬举行的一次远程听证会上，路易斯安那州赦免委员会和假释委员会建议对新奥尔良说唱歌手 Mac Phipps 宽大处理。

unanimous 全体一致的
hearing 听证会
clemency 宽恕

In our first season, Louder Than A Riot reported on Mac's rise and fall （See the end of the article）from breakout star on Master P's No Limit Records to convicted felon for a crime he says he didn't commit. Now, after 21 years in prison and one denied appeal after another, Mac has been granted a new hearing that could mean early — almost immediate — release. But what does justice look like when you've already spent half your life incarcerated?

在第一季节目中，《喧闹胜过一场暴乱》报道了Mac的大起大落（见文末），从出演 Master p’s No Limit Records 的一夜爆红到因莫须有的罪名被定罪的重罪犯。如今，在被判入狱21年，一次又一次上诉被驳回之后，麦克获得了一次新的听证会，这可能意味着提前——几乎是立即——释放。但是当你已经在监狱里度过了半生时，正义是什么样的呢？

breakout 一炮走红
convicted 定罪，被宣判有罪
felon 重罪犯
grant 允许，同意， 准许
incarcerate 被监禁，关押

On this bonus episode, we dive into the power dynamics at play throughout Mac's clemency hearing and examine how his hip-hop career continues to affect his image in the eyes of the law. Mac's wife, Angelique, and father, McKinley Sr., walk us through the clemency process and the years of damage the rapper's imprisonment has dealt to their family.

在这集音频中，我们深入探察权力的动态发挥如何贯穿在整个麦克的宽大听证会上的，并审视他的嘻哈生涯如何持续影响他在“法律之眼”中的形象。麦克的妻子安吉丽克和父亲老麦金利，向我们讲述了这位说唱歌手被监禁多年来对他们家庭造成的伤害。

dive into 深入探察
the power dynamics at play 权力的动态发挥
imprisonment 关押

And finally, for the first time ever, we speak with Mac himself, who opens up about maintaining optimism, his regrets regarding the nightclub shooting for which he was convicted and future plans to return to music after his release.

最后，有史以来第一次，我们与麦克本人交谈，他坦言保持乐观，他对于他被判有罪的夜总会枪击案感到后悔，并计划在他获释后重返音乐界。

opens up 倾吐心声；打开心扉

拓展阅读：麦克的大起大落
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/23/926291759/mac-no-limit-lyrics-on-trial-a-legacy-of-injustice

原文链接：https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976072964/21-years-and-1-day-mac-phipps-exclusive

2021.03.12